《高级英语》第二册练习
Lesson One
Face to Face with Hurricane Camille
I. Choose the one which is equal to the word given blow: 1. lash
A. strike violently B. pass by C. move slowly D. stride 2. pummel
A. push forward B. punish severely C. hit with repeated blow D. beat heavily 3. gruff
A. serious B. grievous C. rough D. gentle 4. elevate
A. put down B. lift up C. face to D. push down 5. demolish
A. destroy B. reduce C. increase D. beat 6. scud
A. go smoothly B. go straight and fast C. go up and down D. go violently 7. interior
A. situated inside B. situated outside C. interrelate D. internecine 8. ferocity
A. capability B. fierceness C. impediment D. ferment 9. shudder
A. shuffle in B. walk out C. curl up D. shake 10. sanctuary
A. a warm place B. shelter
C. a clean place D. a harm place 11. maroon
A. stay brave and along B. leave hopeful
C. stay helpless D. leave helpless and alone 12. vantage
A. variable situation B. comfortless position C. advantage D. disadvantage 13. debris
A small individual parts B. completely good places C well preserved pieces D. scattered broken pieces 14. implore
A request earnestly B. inform eagerly C. ask for leave D. inaugurate 15. skim
A hit violently B. move lightly over C. go fast and quietly D. move gradually away 16. rampage
A. walk for pleasure B. produce branches
C rage D. range 17. festoon
A. celebrate B. fasten C. scatter D. decorate 18. extinguish
A. put out B. put up C. put on D. put down 19. disintegrate
A. joint together B. break up into pieces C. regard as a individual D. look down upon 20. frustrate
A. discourage B. bring about good result C. come out fruitfully D. worry about the result 21. prop
A. support B. place C. suspend D. propose 22. tilt
A. cultivate B. incline
C. level D. disintegrate 23. endure
A. conduct B. control C. bear D. engulf 24. bar
A. music note B. hot rail C. brick D. block 25. thrust
A. dreadful weapon B. sharp knife C. pierce wind D. driving force 26. diminish
A. mummify B. reduce C. micro command D. increase 27. assume A. assert B. pronounce C. suppose D. declare 28. perish
A. incarnate B. die C. increase D. submit 29. lap
A. cover B. destroy
C. beat D. put 30. vanish
A. import B. exist C. appear D. disappear
II. Complete the word according to the definition: 1. violent windstorm hurricane
2. letters; letter writing correspondence 3. machine for generating generator
4. to put into water; throw water over douse 5. to rise to higher level of rank, power etc. mount 6. state in trouble or difficulty mess
7. to save from loss, fire, wreck etc. salvage 8. of the mind psychological
9. to strike or fill with respect combined with fear and reverence awe 10. done, carried out, with order or method methodical 11. impressive or sensational spectacular 12. something owned possession
13. difficult or impossible to understand or comprehend incomprehensible 14. forceful, often vindictive anger wrath 15. to lay waste or destroy devastate
16. a place or structure to which a vessel or aircraft can be moored mooring 17. to break suddenly with a brisk, sharp, cracking sound snap 18. to grasp and hold tightly. clutch
19. to defeat completely and decisively overwhelm
20. one of the glass-filled divisions of a window or door pane
21. a usually rectangular pad of heavy cloth filled with soft material or an arrangement of coiled springs, used as or on a bed mattress
22. to strike or affect in a manner similar to lashing whip 23. to seek advice or information of consult 24. unwilling; disinclined reluctant
25. a person who performs or offers to perform a service of his or her own free will
volunteer
III. Put the following words and phrases into the appropriate blanks in the following sentences. (Filling in the grid is optional.)
______________________________________________________________________ revival vital be strewn grade surviving vivifying blues revived vivid trail away vivisection sprawled survivor revitalize vitamin be bound to
1. Some experts believe that low mortgage rates will help to __ revitalize ______ the economy.
2. One of the tests of good writing is whether or not its imagery is _ vivid ____. 3. The group, which wants to prevent cruelty to animals, is against _ vivisection _ in medical labs.
4. __ Surviving __a catastrophe often makes one more sensitive to the positive aspects of life.
5. He _is bound______ to go, and nothing will stop him. 6. His voice __trailed away____in confusion. 7. The path is strewn with flowers
8. These apples have been graded according to size and quality 9. The blues has finally gotten me today.
10. A _ vitamin _ supplement is needed by people who do not consume a proper diet. 11. After a day’s work, he was extremely tired. He came home and sprawled on the sofa immediately.
12. A ___ vital __ part of any health program is exercise.
13. The ____ revival _ of the 1960's brought back wild hairstyles and boots with mini-skirts.
14. By administering mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, the lifeguard __ revived __ the
高级英语练习题含答案(第二册)-(1)
